It would seem that the inimitable MJD has a wonderfully wry sense of humour. Your post inspired me to google the original post in was it comp.lang.perl.misc and re-read some of his gems. In light of the present conversation I perhaps most enjoyed this one:

11926 That's like taking a crap on someone's doorstep and then ringing the doorbell to ask for toilet paper.

Funnier still is that I can imagine the situations where both maxims woukld be entirely appropriate when in discussion with another programmer.

jdtornto